Hi All,
Just a quick recommendation of a podcast I listened to last summer that seems to prove Bhabha's thesis in "DissemiNation." It's a RadioLab podcast on the Mau Mau movement in Kenya that began in the 1950s. The Mau Mau were a group of colonized Africans who engaged in some, shall we say, violent tactics in an attempt to assert themselves to their British colonizers.
The official British narrative of the Mau Mau Uprising/Revolt was basically all the outside world had, then some researchers began talking to former Mau Mau people decades later and finding a new narrative. And finally, when former Mau Mau fighters sued the British government several years ago, it was revealed that the British government had documents disputing the "official" narrative.
The podcast is kind of long, but it's a good listen and I think enlightens some of Bhabha's points. The podcast came out July 2, so it's easy to find, and it's free.
Happy listening!
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